Christopher Pincher Calls for Debate on the Latest Fall in Unemployment

Yesterday in Parliament Tamworth’s MP, Christopher Pincher, called on the Leader of the House to hold a House of Commons debate on the latest fall in unemployment.

Mr Pincher said, “May we have a debate on strengths and weaknesses?  Five years ago, unemployment in Tamworth stood at 1,821, which was the highest in a decade.  Today, it stands at 1,462, which is the lowest since before the Balls bust.  May we discuss the strengths of the present Government’s economic handling, the weaknesses of Labour’s approach and the dangers of trusting weakness again?”

Leader of the House, Andrew Lansley MP, replied, “My hon. Friend is absolutely right.  I wish that I could have announced a debate for that purpose, but the pressures on business are such that I could not.  Such a debate would have enabled us to compare the record of this Government with that of the previous Government, under whom the national debt doubled and the gross domestic product of the country fell by 6.3%, and who borrowed one pound in every four that they spent and left us with the biggest budget deficit in the developed world

“In contrast, the deficit is now down by a third, more than 1.25 million more people are working in the private sector and, last year, employment grew faster in the UK than in any other G7 country.  I hope that we have an opportunity to debate that contrast.”